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$19.10 -0.23 (-1.16%)
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AAT vs. CUZ, LXP, GOOD, WSR, OLP, GYRO, VNO, IRT, PECO, and SBRA

Should you be buying American Assets Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of American Assets Trust include Cousins Properties (CUZ), LXP Industrial Trust (LXP), Gladstone Commercial (GOOD), Whitestone REIT (WSR), One Liberty Properties (OLP), Gyrodyne (GYRO), Vornado Realty Trust (VNO), Independence Realty Trust (IRT), Phillips Edison & Company, Inc. (PECO), and Sabra Health Care REIT (SBRA). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.

American Assets Trust vs.

Cousins Properties (NYSE:CUZ) and American Assets Trust (NYSE:AAT) are both finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, dividends, media sentiment, profitability, analyst recommendations, community ranking, valuation, earnings and risk.

Cousins Properties pays an annual dividend of $1.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.8%. American Assets Trust pays an annual dividend of $1.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.1%. Cousins Properties pays out 387.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. American Assets Trust pays out 107.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. American Assets Trust has raised its dividend for 4 consecutive years. American Assets Trust is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Cousins Properties has a beta of 1.34, suggesting that its share price is 34% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, American Assets Trust has a beta of 1.13, suggesting that its share price is 13% more volatile than the S&P 500.

American Assets Trust has a net margin of 12.40% compared to Cousins Properties' net margin of 5.36%. American Assets Trust's return on equity of 4.98% beat Cousins Properties' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Cousins Properties5.36% 1.00% 0.58%
American Assets Trust 12.40%4.98%1.80%

In the previous week, Cousins Properties had 13 more articles in the media than American Assets Trust. MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for Cousins Properties and 6 mentions for American Assets Trust. American Assets Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.92 beat Cousins Properties' score of 1.15 indicating that American Assets Trust is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Cousins Properties
14 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
American Assets Trust
6 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive

American Assets Trust received 84 more outperform votes than Cousins Properties when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.01% of users gave American Assets Trust an outperform vote while only 56.72% of users gave Cousins Properties an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Cousins PropertiesOutperform Votes
287
56.72%
Underperform Votes
219
43.28%
American Assets TrustOutperform Votes
371
66.01%
Underperform Votes
191
33.99%

American Assets Trust has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Cousins Properties. American Assets Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Cousins Properties, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Cousins Properties$897.85M4.99$45.96M$0.3380.86
American Assets Trust$455.77M2.56$72.82M$1.2715.04

Cousins Properties currently has a consensus target price of $32.20, suggesting a potential upside of 20.67%. American Assets Trust has a consensus target price of $21.00, suggesting a potential upside of 9.98%. Given Cousins Properties' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Cousins Properties is more favorable than American Assets Trust.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Cousins Properties
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
7 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.70
American Assets Trust
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00

94.4% of Cousins Properties shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.4% of American Assets Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 1.5% of Cousins Properties shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 36.8% of American Assets Trust shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

American Assets Trust beats Cousins Properties on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.

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AAT vs. The Competition

MetricAmerican Assets TrustReal estate investment trusts IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$1.17B$6.84B$11.47B$19.30B
Dividend Yield6.75%6.71%5.45%3.83%
P/E Ratio21.4660.0922.4234.53
Price / Sales2.568.3127.6234.83
Price / Cash7.1517.3217.6217.51
Price / Book1.031.642.774.69
Net Income$72.82M$177.71M$1.03B$1.02B
7 Day Performance-4.33%-3.35%-1.34%-2.43%
1 Month Performance0.34%1.08%5.24%6.27%
1 Year Performance-9.42%2.86%538.04%5.78%

American Assets Trust Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
AAT
American Assets Trust
3.1383 of 5 stars
$19.10
-1.2%
$21.00
+10.0%
-12.3%$1.17B$455.77M21.46220Positive News
CUZ
Cousins Properties
4.3887 of 5 stars
$28.02
-2.2%
$32.60
+16.3%
+13.2%$4.70B$897.85M93.40290Positive News
Analyst Forecast
LXP
LXP Industrial Trust
4.6005 of 5 stars
$8.40
flat
$11.00
+31.0%
-4.9%$2.48B$361.07M64.6270Positive News
GOOD
Gladstone Commercial
3.0476 of 5 stars
$14.29
+0.3%
$15.00
+5.0%
-4.5%$661.38M$151.17M54.9670Positive News
Dividend Announcement
WSR
Whitestone REIT
3.4034 of 5 stars
$12.68
-0.4%
$15.00
+18.3%
-4.3%$645.36M$156.07M30.9390
OLP
One Liberty Properties
3.1675 of 5 stars
$24.53
+0.2%
$28.00
+14.1%
+0.1%$529.70M$92.04M15.149Positive News
GYRO
Gyrodyne
N/A$9.36
+24.0%
N/A+6.2%$20.58M$4.86M0.006Gap Up
VNO
Vornado Realty Trust
2.6932 of 5 stars
$39.17
-1.2%
$38.00
-3.0%
+54.8%$7.52B$1.81B979.253,150Positive News
Analyst Revision
IRT
Independence Realty Trust
3.9236 of 5 stars
$19.49
-0.5%
$22.70
+16.5%
+7.7%$4.56B$640.74M108.28920Positive News
Dividend Increase
PECO
Phillips Edison & Company, Inc.
2.6381 of 5 stars
$36.20
-0.2%
$38.83
+7.3%
+6.9%$4.54B$678.40M72.40290Positive News
SBRA
Sabra Health Care REIT
2.6815 of 5 stars
$18.10
+1.3%
$19.50
+7.7%
+19.3%$4.31B$720.03M34.1540Positive News
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